Over the past four years, Colombia has eradicated nearly 300,000 hectares (more than 1,000 square miles) of coca while seizing more than 2,000 metric tons ...
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How not to curb Colombian cocaine
Mary Speck | 
A Global Americans interview with Dr. Christy Thornton, author of Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy
Henry Bacha | 
In her book, Thornton explores the little-known history of Mexico’s role in shaping the institutions—including the World Bank, the International Monetary ...
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Could two wrongs make a right?
Britta Crandall and Emma Lynn | 
Enabling early pension withdrawals proved to be a suboptimal policy in Chile. Yet for other Latin American countries, early pension withdrawals should not ...
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Reimagining slums in Latin America: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Inés de Marcos | 
The COVID-19 pandemic has put informal settlements, and the policy failures that they represent, back in the spotlight. Immediate strategies to combat the ...
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The strength of Colombia’s oil production recovery hangs in the balance
Gerelyn Terzo | 
The Colombian oil industry had many ups and downs in 2020, but Wall Street has been lifting 2021 oil price predictions, and positive oil price forecasts ...
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Ecuador ante la reorganización de las cadenas de suministro globales
Santiago J. Herdoiza | 
Los problemas estructurales en materia económica y política pronostican un futuro incierto para el Ecuador en la carrera por redibujar las cadenas de ...
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Applying the “D-Day” strategy to solve a substandard drug crisis
Ezequiel Carman | 
Through a joint effort, countries can increase the safe and efficient dissemination of medicine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will require a new ...
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Suriname, post-election policies and challenges for the new government
Mavrick Boejoekoe | 
Prior governments have failed to make Suriname's economic system more efficient and publicly accountable. The new administration not only needs to resolve ...
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An interview with Agustín Porres, Latin American Regional Director for the Varkey Foundation
Agustín Porres & Global Americans | 
The Varkey Foundation has funded training for more than 46,000 teachers, and directly impacted the education of over 1.6 million students around the ...
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